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YYC: Slat for deck of CNC machine
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<blockquote data-quote="PeterT" data-source="post: 6061" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>Wes.D what CAD software did you use? Aside from useful comments made thus far, I can add a few more.</p><p></p><p>- Long skinny parts like yours can be challenging to fit on typical 'paper' document size. What can be beneficial is a capability called 'broken section'. This only works well when your part has longish sections of essentially the same stuff. ie no important detail or information lost by omitting it. For example the tube portion of a long driveshaft where you don't have to necessarily see all the in-between shaft, just the ends & total length. It can also be used if there is a consistent, repeating pattern like your matrix of holes. But probably best to have some auxiliary full view visual just in case. Basically you want to convey more than enough information to ensure there is no head scratching or ambiguity. The guy making the part would much prefer a few more pages of drawings to look from different vantages vs. something minimal that has him guessing. Guessing will cost you money <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- depending on your software, it might be able to automatically spit out a hole table with a button click. This eliminates a whole bunch of drawing dimensions & sections. I'm not familiar with Fusion 360 but its a low cost 3D package others on the forum are using. Assuming it can mimic what other industrial programs can do, the result hole table may look like attached. This conveys useful info to a manual machine operator. Essentially saying: from this datum go over X-amount & Y-amount & make this hole type. Now if you are providing a '3d part' as a digital file to a CNC manufacturer, you don't even really need the 2D 'paper' drawing although its still very useful & often requested anyway. But in that case, you email the 3d file to vendors in specific format, they slurp that into their software & can quote directly. </p><p></p><p>Not sure if this above or below your current abilities but giving you the broad view.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PeterT, post: 6061, member: 22"] Wes.D what CAD software did you use? Aside from useful comments made thus far, I can add a few more. - Long skinny parts like yours can be challenging to fit on typical 'paper' document size. What can be beneficial is a capability called 'broken section'. This only works well when your part has longish sections of essentially the same stuff. ie no important detail or information lost by omitting it. For example the tube portion of a long driveshaft where you don't have to necessarily see all the in-between shaft, just the ends & total length. It can also be used if there is a consistent, repeating pattern like your matrix of holes. But probably best to have some auxiliary full view visual just in case. Basically you want to convey more than enough information to ensure there is no head scratching or ambiguity. The guy making the part would much prefer a few more pages of drawings to look from different vantages vs. something minimal that has him guessing. Guessing will cost you money :) - depending on your software, it might be able to automatically spit out a hole table with a button click. This eliminates a whole bunch of drawing dimensions & sections. I'm not familiar with Fusion 360 but its a low cost 3D package others on the forum are using. Assuming it can mimic what other industrial programs can do, the result hole table may look like attached. This conveys useful info to a manual machine operator. Essentially saying: from this datum go over X-amount & Y-amount & make this hole type. Now if you are providing a '3d part' as a digital file to a CNC manufacturer, you don't even really need the 2D 'paper' drawing although its still very useful & often requested anyway. But in that case, you email the 3d file to vendors in specific format, they slurp that into their software & can quote directly. Not sure if this above or below your current abilities but giving you the broad view. [/QUOTE]
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